- Date
- July 23, 1982, 15:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Glenwood Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58DSteen Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820723031849A
- Case key
- 70842
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft crashed into trees in mountainous terrain about 10 miles southwest of the Glenwood springs county airport. This occurred while the pilot was flying low over the mountainous area and was unable to outclimb the rising terrain. The density altitude was about 11300 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58D
- Reported as
- Steen Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 125
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Orin Aviation, Ltd.
- Registered owner
- Orin Aviation, Ltd.
- Departed
- Glenwood Spring, CO
- Destination
- Rifle, CO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,722 total · 19 in this make and model · 1,722 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.